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Breaking the Model of Mental Health: The Future of Therapy with Paul R. Puri, MD

While modern conversations around mental health are expanding, many current approaches still rely on narrow, one-size-fits-all models of healing. In this provocative Spark Salon, psychiatrist and UCLA professor Dr. Paul R. Puri explores the revolutionary work of Milton Erickson, a pioneering figure whose unconventional methods and hypnotic techniques reshaped psychotherapy and sparked the creation of multiple therapeutic schools. Dr. Puri will examine how Erickson's nuanced, individualized approach to the mind offers valuable lessons for a more personalized and transformative understanding of mental well-being today and gives unique insights into what makes us human.

9:00am: Doors open, reception
10:00am: Program begins promptly
11:ooam: Program concludes

Bio

Paul R. Puri, MD, is a physician/psychiatrist, writer, and founder. He is currently an Assistant Clinical Professor at UCLA, where he has been on the faculty for more than 10 years, and the Past-President of the UCLA Psychiatric Clinical Faculty Association. In his private practice, he utilizes 10 different forms of psychotherapy (talk therapy), including hypnosis, and incorporates this along with psychopharmacology. In his nonclinical time, he consults and writes for TV and is the founder of WellDAO, a mental health tech platform.